Category Archives: National
Caucus dissent over COVID OK, breaking health rules means expulsion: Alberta premier
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is drawing a line in the sand for 18 of his backbenchers who are openly criticizing public-health restrictions meant to face down COVID-19. Kenney says dissent is part of a democracy, but adds he has
Canada has new ways to pressure Washington over softwood lumber duties: ambassador
VANCOUVER — Canadian officials have new leverage as they urge Washington to negotiate a solution to the long-standing dispute over U.S. duties on softwood lumber, Canada's ambassador to the United States said Thursday. Kirsten Hillman told a British Co...
Advocates demand sweeping changes to military complaints process for sexual violence
OTTAWA — Advocates are calling for fundamental reforms to the process for reporting sexual violence in the Canadian Armed Forces, deeming decades-old patterns of misconduct a "national embarrassment" amid a broken military justice system. Christine Woo...
Canadian Museum of History CEO resigns after probe into alleged workplace harassment
OTTAWA — The head of the Canadian Museum of History has resigned following reported allegations of workplace harassment at the national institution. Museum CEO Mark O’Neill has been on a medical leave since last summer, when an independent investigatio...
Canadian Museum of History CEO resigns after probe into alleged workplace harassment
OTTAWA — The head of the Canadian Museum of History has resigned following reported allegations of workplace harassment at the national institution. Museum CEO Mark O’Neill has been on a medical leave since last summer, when an independent investigatio...
Gould says COVAX clearly working, as vaccine-sharing program reaches 100 countries
OTTAWA — The international vaccine-sharing program known as COVAX says it has reached 100 countries with vaccines as of Thursday, though many of the world's poorest nations have still not been able to receive a single dose. Since Feb. 24, when
Bloc asks Ottawa to support logging, fledgling biofuels sector
OTTAWA — Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is calling on the federal government to recharge Quebec’s forestry sector with an eye to its energy potential. The Bloc is laying out a slate of proposals aimed at supporting the logging business an...
Doctors group says changing rules causing confusion as COVID-19 variants surge
As Ontario implemented a stay-at-home order Thursday and Quebec announced it will expand some curfews to tackle increasing COVID-19 cases, the Canadian Medical Association said continually changing restrictions across the country have led to confusion ...
Quebec is key to election success, but for NDP the locks are rusty
OTTAWA — For NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, the path to a stronger presence in Parliament runs through Quebec — but the trail is littered with obstacles. New Democrats, whose members gather virtually for a policy convention this weekend, are targeting young...
Average age of Quebec COVID-19 patients has dropped by 10 to 15 years, doctors say
MONTREAL — Over the past two to three weeks, Dr. Francois Marquis, head of intensive care at Montreal's Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital, says he started noticing the average age of COVID-19 patients dropping. People arriving at the hospital are on averag...
